B/R NBA 200: Ranking the Best Overall Players Heading into 2016-17

September 15th, 2016 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »
Stephen Curry was the unanimous MVP, winning the league's most prestigious individual award in a dominant fashion unlike any in NBA history. But what comes next?

Does he enter 2016-17 as the league's top-ranked player, or can another superstar such as Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, LeBron James or Kawhi Leonard knock him from his lofty perch? Where do the premier members of the 2015-16 rookie class—Karl-Anthony Towns, Nikola Jokic, Devin Booker and Kristaps Porzingis—fit among the more established contributors now that they're entering their sophomore seasons? 

We've already ranked the league's best guards, wings and bigs within their own positional groupings. Now, put everyone in a definitive order, ranging from the league's impressive backups and low-end starters to the superstars and studs on the rise.

We aren't projecting how well everyone will perform during the upcoming season, but where they are as 2016-17 gets underway. Thus, we use the end of last season as our starting point. Not every player starts out on level footing, either; The NBA 200 metric identifies those who performed best durin ...

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